Garment supporter loop



Aug. 16,1932. JERALDS 1,872,461

GARMENT SUPPORTER LOOP Filed April 11, 1932' 14 1: 1g a F 1 18 15' INVENTOR.

Gear cfizralds' BY fi w 1 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 16, 1932 U-NI TLE -D STATES PATE T". orric e GEORGE I. J'EBALDS, oicnnsrnnn, oonnnc'rrcurr, nssrenonrojmnis 13 ALL-& steam: MANUFACTURING COMPANY, =01 WEST cnnsnrnn," comrnccrrour, n con ronnmon OF T CONNECTICUT onnmnn'rsurromrnn LooP Application filed, 1111111 11,

This" invention relates to improvements in hose supporterloops, such as are adapted for 'use on hose supporters, over alls, and the like.

Thisclass ofhose supporter loopsare-usually formed of wire and comprise a buttonloop'member, a web-loop member, and a ferrulemember, which are hingedly connected together so that'the button-loop member is permitted to swing with reference to the ferrule,'betterto permit the button-loop to be readily fastened'to a button.

In the manufacture of'hose supporter loops of this class,'it is-generally'the case, in the "formation of both the button loop and the web-loop, to return the ends of the wire inward,in alignment, and to cover the aligned end portions with the associated ferrule. For a time, this practicewas satisfactory, but with present day use of button loops of this class, it is foundthat theends of one or the other of the loops is-apt to pull out of the ferrule, due to theexcessive strain whichthe-loop in many instances is subjected to.

While I am aware that mean's havebeen provided for preventing either the endsof the web-loop or-the ends ofthebutton loop from pulling out, yetin'no'instance has specific'means been employed to prevent the ends of both loops from pulling out of a single connecting ferrule, and at the same time mounting the lower loop in a manner to allow it to swivel. It will be obvious that to provide means for preventing one or the other loop from pulling out is but a very slight improvement upon no means at all, since with the anchoring of the ends of one loop, we find that the ends of the other loop are more apt to loosen than if both ends were free.

It is therefore the object of my invention to provide a hose supporter loop of the general type heretofore referred to, including a web-loop, a button-loop, and a ferrule member for uniting the two loops, and whereby the button-loop member is hingedly supported in the ferrule, and wherein the ends of both loops are upset, deflected, swedged, or otherwise provided with holding means that will prevent the loop from spreading and its end portions from pulling out of the sockets of the ferrule.

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- 1 With these andother objects in v'iew,f'the invention resides and consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of'parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in' the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in-the claimshereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion,"'siZe, "and minor details of construction within 'the :scope of the claims may be resorted to without departure from the spirit, or sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention. 7 Similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts'throughout the several figures of the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and upon which I p .'Fig. 1 showsa front elevation of a web-loop member and a button-loop member in spaced relation for assembling, and for the'attachment of the ferrule; v

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a sheet metal blank from which'the ferrule for hingedly connectring the two loops together is formed;

Fig. 3 shows a front elevatio'n of the assembled hose supporter loop ready'for "at tachment to a web, not shown; and

Fig. 4 shows an edge view of the hose supporter loop shown in Fig. 3, except that the button-loop member is shown in aforw'ardly swung position with respect to the ferrule.

Referring in detail to the characters ofreference marked upon thedrawing, 10 re resents the web loop or top member of the utton-loop, 11 the lower 'elongatedloop, and 12 the blank from which the ferrule is formed. The first mentioned loop may obviouslybe of any preferred design, though where used for hose supporter or suspender .purposesyit is usually of elongated shape forming a straight upper unbroken bar portion 13 of the intermediate portion of the length -of wire, and alower bar portion thatisformed of the end members of the wire blank, and is provided with ofisets to'formshoulders 14 14 against which the outer edgesof'the ferrule engage. The free ends'of the wire of the lower "barportion are deflected outward 'to one side, as shown'at 15,to forma sharp norner 15 on their inside radius to flatly engage against the inner edges of sleeves.

The lower or button-loop portion includes a widened central portion 16, a narrower restricted portion 17 into which the shank of a button along with the fabric is drawn, when fastened. v The upper portion which is formed of the end members 18 of the wire blank are disposed inward parallel, andlike the end members of the web-loop, have their; free ends 19 disposed to one side to form a sharp shoulder 19 on their underside to firmly engage the inner ends of the short sleeves of the ferrule. When the parts are assembled, see Fig. 3, the four endsof'the two loops will all be disposed downward and in close relationvto the ends of the ferrule, and wherebythe two straight bearing portions 18 are formed of each ofthe end members of the lower loop so that each portion maybeseparately encircled by separate members of' the ferrule blank in a manner to be free to.;turn therein. With the wire ends all bentjdown' in this manner, and a strain of "pullingthem" apart exerted on the outside corners of the web-loop, the action is to lock the ends of the web-loop wire more firmly in'the ferrule.

The blank shown in Fig. 2 is substantially inthe form of'a letter H. It includes amain body portion'20that serves to cover the in- 'ner'or top portion of the web-loop member, and which, together with the two short extensions 21- 21, are closed down firmly lagainstthe sids of thealigned end portions of the upper loop, to attachthe ferrule thereto against .turning. The two longer extensions 22-5-22 serve to cover the front side of said'parallel end portions of the web-loop and extend down and are each rolled around the separate end portion 18'of the buttonl'oopjsoas to form two separate spacedapart aligned sleeves or sockets 23 in which the said end portions 18 of the button-loop are hingedly supported. This hinge action is very essential for it allows the combined 'loop'and link to take the contour of anything it'rests on, and saves it'from considerable destructive possibilities, as when the parts are made rigid; if the garter happens to be stepped'on or bent, it opens up the ferrule and destroys the loop.

This construction obviously provides four shoulders in each upper and lower portion of the ferrule to engage the shoulder portions of'the three sleeves in which the wire which is hingedly supported in one of the shorter sleeves'and the other similarly supported in the other. sleeve, each ofthe'last mentioned, end members having their ends turned down to, prevent their withdrawal from the sleeves of the ferrule."

2. In a garmen'tsupporter loop of the class described, a web loopliaving aligned end portions whose ends are turned down to form shoulders, a button-loop having aligned end portions and ends that t are turned down to form shoulders, a ferrule member forming a relatively long sleeve portion. enclosing the entire top side of the end portions of the web- .loopiand open onits underside to accommodate the downwardly turned ends of the aligned portions of said web.-loop, said ferrule member also including two integral aligned spaced-apart relatively shortlower sleeves which encircle the aligned end portions of, the buttonloop in a manner tobe engaged by their turned down ends, all of the said turned down end portions of the two said loops being forthe purposeof preventing the withdrawal of said end portions from the sleeves in which they are supported.

Signed at fest Cheshire, in the county of New Haven and State of'Connecticut, this 7th day of April, A. D. 1932. i I GEORGE I. JERALDS.

ends are positioned, the inner shoulder on each wire end serving to engagethe inner edge of the sleeves in a way to prevent them from pulling out, in accordance with the ob- .ject of the invention. The construction-is such as is practical to manufacture to advantage since the ends of the loops can readily be deflected when the loops are formed, so that thefurther operation of assembling by 

